a priori assumption
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a-priori
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌeɪ praɪˈɔː.raɪ/us/ˌɑː priːˈɔːr.aɪ/
relating to an argument that suggests the probable effects of a known cause, or using general principles to suggest ...
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assumption
noun
uk/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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That this approach will be better than the conventional system of using a dispatching rule constantly is an aprioriassumption, for two reasons.
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Now suppose the aprioriassumptionon the disturbance distribution is wrong.
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The method adopted makes no aprioriassumptionabout the nature of the network in which people are involved.
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No aprioriassumptionabout the shape of the reduplicant is needed.
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However, most of them made an aprioriassumptionof an ideal plasma as an initial condition.
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There are generally two ways to handle a violation of an aprioriassumptionon the variance of the disturbance.
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By implication, the degree to which economic agents optimize with respect to desired outcomes is an empirical matter rather than an aprioriassumption.
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Many computational works have been done to analyze such laser-matter interactions, but most of them made an aprioriassumptionof an ideal plasma as the initial condition.
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It is not clear whether these ' ' patriots ' ' had real evidence for this, or were making a priori assumptions.
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In choosing an analysis method we wished to avoid a priori assumptions about the nurses' answers and so refrained from applying a predetermined coding framework.
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In this way, the sampling distribution can be estimated experimentally, without any a priori assumptions about its functional form.
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Because the same script can be used to represent different languages, we cannot make a priori assumptions based on script identity.
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These avoid a priori assumptions about the vertical structure, but do not easily yield generality or insight.
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If these a priori assumptions are incorrect, the resulting model will also be incorrect, no matter how close the model fits the data statistically.
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This is an overly simplistic approach because it is based on an aprioriassumptionthat ideas can be neatly compartmentalised and that their life span can be clearly delineated.
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Nor can we make a priori assumptions about how it is mobilised, for which purpose and by whom.
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